διδαχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.da.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /ði.ðaˈçi/ → /ði.ðaˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.da.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.daˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.ðaˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ðaˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ðaˈçi/

Noun

δῐδᾰχή • (didakhḗ) f (genitive δῐδᾰχῆς); first declension

1. teaching, instruction

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐδᾰχή; τῆς δῐδᾰχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐδᾰχή hē didakhḗ	τὼ δῐδᾰχᾱ́ tṑ didakhā́	αἱ δῐδᾰχαί hai didakhaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐδᾰχῆς tês didakhês	τοῖν δῐδᾰχαῖν toîn didakhaîn	τῶν δῐδᾰχῶν tôn didakhôn
Dative	τῇ δῐδᾰχῇ têi didakhêi	τοῖν δῐδᾰχαῖν toîn didakhaîn	ταῖς δῐδᾰχαῖς taîs didakhaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐδᾰχήν tḕn didakhḗn	τὼ δῐδᾰχᾱ́ tṑ didakhā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐδᾰχᾱ́ς tā̀s didakhā́s
Vocative	δῐδᾰχή didakhḗ	δῐδᾰχᾱ́ didakhā́	δῐδᾰχαί didakhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “διδαχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διδαχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• διδαχή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1322 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • enlightenment idem, page 275.
  • instruction idem, page 447.
  • sermon idem, page 755.
  • teaching idem, page 859.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

διδαχή • (didachí) f (plural διδαχές)

1. instruction, teaching
2. lecture

Declension

declension of διδαχή

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	διδαχή •	διδαχές •
genitive	διδαχής •	διδαχών •
accusative	διδαχή •	διδαχές •
vocative	διδαχή •	διδαχές •

Related terms

• αδίδακτος (adídaktos, “untaught”)
• διδακτορία f (didaktoría, “doctorate”)
• δίδακτρα n or pl (dídaktra, “tuition fees”)
• διδασκαλία f (didaskalía, “teaching”)

• and see: διδάσκω m (didásko, “I teach”)